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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2004
Applicants:
Juergen Jooss, Sindelfingen, DE;
Rudi Koelle, Sindelfingen, DE;
Martin Lindmayer, Sulz a.N., DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 3/00 (2006.01); E05B 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An outside door handle includes a handle and a switching component which is coupled to the handle in such a manner that, when there is an opening force which acts in a correct manner on the handle in order to open it, the switching component automatically responds and generates a switching signal. Operating convenience may be achieved by a response threshold of the switching component selected to be at such a low level that the switching component responds even before the opening force overcomes a restoring force counteracting it and prestressing the handle into an unactuated starting position.